In court, defense attorney Reynold Ilg said Simard has been held on $50,000 cash bail since his arraignment in Lowell Superior Court in June. Ilg said Simard no longer knows where the victim, who obtained a restraining order against him, lives.

Ilg asked that bail be reduced to $5,000 cash with strict conditions, including a GPS monitoring device.

Saying he would need an "iron-clad assurance" that Simard is not a danger, Ricciardone agreed, over the prosecutor's objections, to reduce the bail with a list of conditions.

Ricciardone ordered that if Simard posts bail he is subject to the following conditions:

* He is to wear a GPS device;

* He is to be confined to Lowell;

* He is subject to home confinement unless working, and even then a curfew of 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.

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* He is to have no drugs or alcohol, and submit to random screens

* He is to surrender his passport

* He is to have no contact, either direct or indirect, with the victim or any witnesses.

According to court documents, in January 2010, Simard began a dating relationship with the victim. Within three months, they were living together in his mother's home.

In March 2010, when Simard, who doesn't have a driver's license, picked up the victim at her sister's birthday party in Quincy, she objected but got into the car.

On the way home, Simard, who was angry because she had gone to the birthday party, punched her in the face in front of two other passengers, documents state.

Over a period of a year, Simard allegedly hit and slapped the victim in areas where the blows wouldn't leave marks, documents state.

The violence increased from once a month to multiple times a week, prosecutors allege. During that time, Simard allegedly began to isolate the victim from her family and friends.

He allegedly forced her to give him the passwords to her email accounts and phone.

Simard allegedly abused the victim in front of his family members. When he did so in front of his aunt, who told him he belonged in jail and she would report him to the police, Simard told the victim she better stop the aunt or she would "suffer the consequences."

The police were called to one alleged incident when a passerby saw him punch the victim in the arm. He allegedly threatened her if she told police what happened, so she told the police there had been no violence.

During the summer of 2011, Simard gave the victim a puppy, Axle. That fall, Simard allegedly began abusing the dog, punching and kicking him.

In March 2012, when he learned the victim had been invited to a St. Patrick's Day party, he allegedly punched her on the right side of her head, causing her ears to ring for two weeks, prosecutors allege.

Then he allegedly stabbed her in the side with a pair of scissors, but kept her in his apartment, refusing to allow her to seek medical attention.

Simard allegedly threatened to kill the dog if she told on him, prosecutors said.

In another incident, the victim's mother and her boyfriend drove to Lowell to pick up the victim and her dog. Simard and his mother allegedly took the dog back. He allegedly threatened to hurt the dog if she didn't return to Lowell.

The victim stayed with her mother for two weeks. At one point, she drove back to Lowell and Simard allegedly choked her into unconsciousness. He allegedly threated to kill the victim, her sister and the sister's baby if she didn't cooperate with him.

In April, the victim drove to Lowell to get her dog. Simard allegedly took her car keys, house keys and phones, keeping her confined for six days in his bedroom, limiting her food and water, according to court documents.

Several times during those six days, Simard allegedly choked the victim and stabbed her twice while she was unconscious, prosecutors say.

On April 21, while Simard was asleep, the victim found her keys and was trying to escape, when he awoke and stabbed her in her left tear duct, prosecutors allege.

The following day, Simard fell asleep and the victim was able to escape.

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